Mark, I think you mean OpenOffice.org 1.0.  StarOffice,
the new release, will be 6.0 and won't be free as is
StafOffice 5.2.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Post, Mark K
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 14:07
To: 'Linux390'
Subject: StarOffice 1.0 Now Available


According to an InfoWorld article at
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/02/05/01/020501hnopenoffice.xml

"A FREE VERSION of Sun Microsystems' StarOffice business productivity suite
is now available for download from OpenOffice.org, an open-source developer
community sponsored by Sun.

"OpenOffice.org 1.0 provides users with a nearly identical software package
to Microsoft's Office suite, featuring word processor, spreadsheet and
presentation programs, said OpenOffice.org in a statement Wednesday.

"The source code from the previous release, StarOffice 5.2, was the code
base for both OpenOffice.org 1.0 and StarOffice 6.0, but the two products
are both advances over that version. The StarOffice 5.2 software was
distributed as a free download prior to the release of 6.0. Sun's desire to
capture business customers led it to offer paid support contracts for 6.0,
and still allow free downloads of an improved release, OpenOffice.org 1.0,
for users who didn't require support or training."

Mark Post

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